Swedish Police Authority

The Swedish Police Authority (Swedish:Polismyndigheten) is the central administrative authority for the police in Sweden, responsible for law enforcement, general social order and public safety within the country. The agency is headed by the National Police Commissioner, who is appointed by the Government and has the sole responsibility for all activities of the police. Although formally organised under the Ministry of Justice, the Swedish police is—similar to other authorities in Sweden—essentially autonomous, in accordance with the constitution. The agency is governed by general policy instruments and is subject to a number of sanctions and oversight functions, to ensure that the exercise of public authority is in compliance with regulations.Police officers typically wear a dark-blue uniform consisting of combat style trousers with a police duty belt, a polo shirt or a long sleeve button shirt, and a side-cap embellished with a metal cap badge. The standard equipment includes a handgun, pepper spray and an expandable baton.

Plot: This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist ('Daniel Craig (I)' (qv)), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander ('Rooney Mara' (qv)). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Lisbeth Salander: [when pressed for more details] He's had a long standing sexual relationship with his co-editor of the magazine. Sometimes he performs cunnilingus. Not often enough. In my opinion.::Dirch Frode: Well, you were right not to include that.::Lisbeth Salander: I know.

Swedish Police Authority

The Swedish Police Authority (Swedish:Polismyndigheten) is the central administrative authority for the police in Sweden, responsible for law enforcement, general social order and public safety within the country. The agency is headed by the National Police Commissioner, who is appointed by the Government and has the sole responsibility for all activities of the police. Although formally organised under the Ministry of Justice, the Swedish police is—similar to other authorities in Sweden—essentially autonomous, in accordance with the constitution. The agency is governed by general policy instruments and is subject to a number of sanctions and oversight functions, to ensure that the exercise of public authority is in compliance with regulations.Police officers typically wear a dark-blue uniform consisting of combat style trousers with a police duty belt, a polo shirt or a long sleeve button shirt, and a side-cap embellished with a metal cap badge. The standard equipment includes a handgun, pepper spray and an expandable baton.

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Swedishpolice said they believe the attacks were organised on social media ... Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election ... Police said they believe the attacks were organised on social media ... Dozens of youths clashed with police after they arrested a suspected drug dealer in Rinkeby....

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Groups of youths set fire to cars as they went on the rampage in the Swedish city of Gothenburg and a few surrounding towns on Monday night, in attacks Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said looked organised ...Police did not say what might have spurred the violence, confirming only that gangs of youths were involved but did not say how many people ... Swedish general election....

COPENHAGEN — Masked youths torched dozens of cars overnight in Sweden and threw rocks at police, prompting an angry response from the prime minister, who denounced an “extremely organized” night of vandalism. Police spokesman HansLippens said Tuesday that initial reports indicate that about 80 cars were set ablaze overnight, chiefly in Sweden’s second largest city, Goteborg, and nearby Trollhattan, an industrial city....

Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said on Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election ...Police said they believe the attacks were organised on social media ... “We've never seen this many cars set on fire before,” HansLippens, police spokesman in western Sweden, told AFP....

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Masked youths torched dozens of cars overnight in Sweden and threw rocks at police, prompting an angry response from the prime minister, who denounced an "extremely organized" night of vandalism. Police spokesman HansLippens said Tuesday that initial reports indicate that about 80 cars were set ablaze overnight, chiefly in Sweden's second largest city, Goteborg, and nearby Trollhattan, an industrial city....

Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said on Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election ...Police said they believe the attacks were organised on social media ... The incident triggered outrage among Swedish politicians who are busy campaigning for the September 9 general election....

STOCKHOLM, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Youths torched and vandalized scores of cars in the Swedish city of Gothenburg and surrounding towns and Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Tuesday the disturbances looked organised "almost like a military operation" ... Two men, 16 and 21 years old, were arrested on Tuesday and police said it expected to make more arrests during the day. Police said gangs were involved but gave no details....

Up to 80 cars were set on fire overnight across western Sweden by masked vandals, police said Tuesday, in what they suspect was a coordinated attack weeks before a general election ...Police said they believe the attacks were organized on social media ... "We've never seen this many cars set on fire before," HansLippens, police spokesman in western Sweden, told AFP....

Groups of youths set fire to cars as they went on the rampage in the Swedish city of Gothenburg and a few surrounding towns last night, in attacks Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said looked organised ...Police said that up to 100 cars were either set fire to or vandalised in Gothenburg, Sweden's second-biggest city, and in nearby towns such as Trollhattan, an industrial area with high unemployment, and Falkenberg....

(CNN)Around 80 cars were set on fire and a further 40 vandalized in the city of Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday night, according to HansLippens, police spokesman for the country's western region ... "The police have never seen this amount of vandalism and criminality before at this particular time," he said, referring to Monday's events in Gothenburg....

Dozens of cars were set alight and stones thrown at police as gangs of masked youths went rampaging across Sweden on Monday evening ...Police were last ... Emergency services were tackling the apparent outbreak of violence with no injuries reported, Swedishpolice said....

14 (Xinhua) -- Around100 cars were burned in different parts of western Sweden on Monday evening in what police said may be a coordinated act of vandalism ... In Trollhattan, fire brigade personnel had to call in the police as the attacks continued while they were trying to put out the flames. A gang of around 30 to 40 youths then pelted police with stones, Swedish media reported ... They are locals and are known to police....